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Anita Baker - Compositions (1990)

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 21 Oct 2023 14:07:17

"Compositions" is the 4th album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. The album peaked at #5 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in 1990, making it Baker's third Platinum selling album. The album also won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1991 Grammy Awards. Compositions would be the last album and collaboration between Baker and longtime producer Michael J. Powell.

~Wikipedia

On Rapture and Giving You the Best That I Got, Anita Baker embraced a blend of technology and "real instruments" - a definite contrast to the completely high-tech approach of so much '80s and '90s R&B. But on Compositions, producer Michael J. Powell moved even closer to a '70s-like approach to R&B - recording Baker's vocals live in the studio, employing a live rhythm section, and avoiding drum machines altogether. What stayed the same was the type of material. Once again, Baker rejects hip-hop, techno-funk, new jack swing, and other '80s and '90s black music styles in favor of a consistently relaxed soul/pop mood. Though there's a lot to admire here - including "No One to Blame," "Soul Inspiration," and "Whatever It Takes," a song Baker wrote with Gerald LeVert and Marc Gordon of LeVert - Baker's approach was beginning to sound formulaic in 1990. Clearly blessed with a magnificent range and lots of soul, Baker needs to experiment and take more risks. And one way to go just might be jazz. The torchy and captivating "Lonely" shows that she has the ability to record a first-rate jazz album (if Elektra would okay such a project for her). Imagine Baker backed by James Moody, Tom Harrell, Chick Corea, Ray Brown, and Grady Tate.

~Review by Alex Henderson

Release of this album: 1990 [LP Elektra, Cat.# 60922-1, USA]
Release of this CD: 1990, June, 12 [CD Elektra Entertainment (USA), Cat.# 9 60922-2 / UPC: 075596092227]
Elektra Entertainment, a Division of Warner Communications Inc.
℗&© 1990 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Printed in U.S.A

Credits:

Backing Vocals – Perri (tracks: 2, 4, 7), Greg Phillinganes, Michael J. Powell, Nathan East (tracks: 7)
Bass – Nathan East
Drums – Ricky Lawson (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7), Stephen Ferrone (tracks: 2, 3, 6 to 9)
Engineer – Barney Perkins
Engineer [Additional] – Darroll Gustamachio, Elliott Peters, Gerard Smerek
Engineer [Assistant] – Milton Chan
Engineer [Second] – Bart Stevens, Steve Gallagher, Tom Beiner
Executive-Producer – Anita Baker
Guitar – Michael J. Powell (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9)
Keyboards – Vernon Fails
Mixed By – Barney Perkins (tracks: 1, 3, 5 to 9)
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9)
Piano – Greg Phillinganes
Producer, Mixed By – Michael J. Powell
Programmed By – Ben Keys, David Ward

Tracklist:

01. "Talk To Me" (05:04)
(Anita Baker, Michael Powell, Vernon Fails)
02. "Perfect Love Affair" (05:19)
(Anita Baker, Joel Davis)
03. "Whatever It Takes" (05:35)
(Anita Baker, Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon)
04. "Soul Inspiration" (05:19)
(Graham Lyle, Terry Britten)
05. "Lonely" (04:31)
(Anita Baker)
06. "No One To Blame" (04:43)
(Anita Baker, Vernon Fails)
07. "More Than You Know" (04:51)
(Anita Baker, Michael Powell, Vernon Fails)
08. "Love You To The Letter" (07:21)
(James McBride)
09. "Fairy Tales" (07:53)
(Anita Baker, Michael Powell, Vernon Fails)

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